Gaa may refer to: *

Gaa language Gaa, or Tiba, is a poorly documented language of Nigeria. It is apparently one of the Dakoid languages The Dakoid languages are a branch of the Northern Bantoid languages spoken in Taraba and Adamawa states of eastern Nigeria. Languages *D ...

, a language of Nigeria * gaa, the ISO 639 code for the

Ga language Ga is a Kwa language spoken in Ghana, in and around the capital Accra, by the Ga people. There are also some speakers in Togo, Benin and western Nigeria. It has a phonemic distinction between three vowel lengths. Classification Ga is a Kw ...

of Ghana GAA may stand for:

Compounds

* Glacial (water-free),

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, also known as glucosidase, alpha; acid, an enzyme * a codon for

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Government

GADA 601 The 601st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group (GAA 601 or ''Grupo de Artillería Antiaérea 601''), historically known as GADA 601 (''Grupo de Artillería de Defensa Aérea 601'') is the main anti-aircraft artillery unit of the Argentine Army (EA). Its h ...

, Argentine Army unit ''Grupo de Artillería Antiaérea 601'' (Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group 601) * General Allotment Act, US law passed in 1887 regarding Indian land *

Group Areas Act Group Areas Act was the title of three acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted under the apartheid government of South Africa. The acts assigned racial groups to different residential and business sections in urban areas in a syste ...

s, South African apartheid laws * General Appropriation Act, the legislative act used in some countries for a national or state budget

Organisations

Gaelic Athletic Association The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sports, amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports o ...

, governing body of Gaelic games such as hurling and Gaelic football *

Gay Activists Alliance The Gay Activists Alliance (GAA) was founded in New York City on December 21, 1969, almost six months after the Stonewall riots, by dissident members of the Gay Liberation Front (GLF). In contrast to the Liberation Front, the Activists Alliance ...

, New York City gay rights organisation 1969–81 *

Gemmological Association of Australia The inaugural meeting of the Gemmological Association of Australia (GAA) was held in the School of Arts Building, Pitt Street, Sydney on 29 October 1945. The Association was formed to promote the education of the science of gemmology Gemology ...

, an educational organisation based in Sydney *

Global Accounting Alliance The Global Accounting Alliance (GAA) is an international coalition of accounting organisations that was formed in 2006. The GAA aims to promote standards of quality professional services, support their members, and share information and collabora ...

, an accounting organisation *

Global Aquaculture Alliance Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) is an international non-profit trade association dedicated to advancing responsible aquaculture. Established in 1997, GAA works with industry, the NGO community, governments, academia and the investment community. ...

, an international non-profit trade association *

Grenada Athletic Association The Grenada Athletic Association (GAA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Grenada. History GAA was founded as Grenada Amateur Athletic Association in 1924, and was affiliated to the IAAF in 1970. Current president is Ch ...

, the governing body for the sport of athletics in Grenada *

Guam Adventist Academy Guam Adventist Academy (GAA) is a K-12 private school run by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Guam and the Seventh-day Adventist Guam Micronesia Mission,Business Express Airlines Business Express Airlines, often referred to as Business Express or BizEX, was an American regional airline founded as Atlantic Air in 1982. In an effort to appeal to its predominantly business commuter clientele, the airline assumed the Busin ...

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

, an Irish team sport commonly known as GAA *

Generic Authentication Architecture Generic Authentication Architecture (GAA) is a standard made by 3GPP The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) is an umbrella term for a number of standards organizations which develop protocols for mobile telecommunications. Its best know ...

, a mobile phone specification *

Goals against average Goals against average (GAA), also known as average goals against (AGA), is a statistic used in field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and water polo that is the mean of goals allowed per game by a goaltender or goalkeeper (depending on spo ...

, goalkeeping statistic used by several sports and many leagues *

Ford GAA engine The Ford GAA engine is an American all-aluminum 32-Poppet valve, valve Overhead camshaft engine, DOHC 60-degree gasoline-fueled liquid-cooled V8 internal combustion engine with a flat-plane crank. It was designed and produced by the Ford Motor Com ...

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